UNCW physics and physical oceanography assistant professor Till Wagner will lead a multi-institutional research team that will explore the role of icebergs in the climate system. The project was awarded grants totaling more than $578,000 through the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. “Icebergs can be the size of Delaware and can really have an …
On a cool spring morning, Floyd Bullard and Chris Gann stand side by side overlooking a class of students working groups of three on the putting green of Hillandale Golf Course. Some crowed with the success of their putts, others moaned with disappointment; all were manufacturing and collecting data for use in Bullard’s Advanced Probability Modeling …
When John Z. Kiss was nine years old he stayed up late to watch Neil Armstrong take those first steps onto the surface of the moon and tell the world, “That’s one small step for man, one giant step for mankind.” “My life is sort of the space era,” says Kiss, a professor of biology …
Cynthia S. Bell, associate professor and chair of the occupational therapy program at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), has been named a recipient of the 2018 Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. Bell will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $12,500 cash prize. The award will be presented by a Board of Governors member …
Thinking outside the box is getting to be a clichéd idea. So Jonathon Keats is challenging students to think outside of the galaxy. Keats, UNC Asheville’s Black Mountain College Legacy Fellow for the spring 2018 semester, engaged students to design and build very original “instruments,” and perform in Lipinsky Auditorium, with a goal of reaching …
Six faculty and administrators from Kurdistan, Iraq, visited Appalachian State University for leadership training in April as part of the U.S.-Iraq Higher Education Partnerships (HEP) Program, funded by the nonprofit International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX). The visit was the second phase of the grant-supported program, which began a year ago. Beginning in spring 2017, 23 …
UNC SYSTEM FACULTY FELLOWS EXPLORE UPPER ADMINISTRATION The UNC System emphasizes that it is one University, comprised of 17 unique institutions. As President Margaret Spellings is fond of saying, “Our institutions are individually remarkable, collectively extraordinary.” We are many, but one. This paradox can present its fair share of conundrums: how does the UNC System …
Joyce Dalsheim, a cultural anthropologist in the Department of Global Studies at UNC Charlotte, was named a 2018 Luce/ACLS Fellow in Religion, Journalism and International Affairs. She will use her ethnographic research in Israel/Palestine to engage in a critical examination of the relationship between sovereignty and liberation, focusing on questions of religion and religious freedom. Her …
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The University of North Carolina System has announced that Dr. Ruben G. Carbonell, the Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at NC State University, is the recipient of the 2018 Oliver Max Gardner Award. The award, established by the will of former North Carolina Governor O. Max Gardner in …
NC State University Professor Ruben Carbonell wins Board’s Max Gardner Award Dr. Ruben G. Carbonell honored with 2018 O. Max Gardner Award from University of North Carolina on Vimeo. Ruben Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been honored with the O. Max Gardner Award, the most significant university-wide …